Wagon



(No Model.)

J. H. WHITING.

WAGON. No. 339,959. Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JAMES H. XVHITING, OF FLINT, MICHIGAN.

WAGON.

-PIECEI- ICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 339,959, dated April 13, 1886.

Application filed December 17. 1885.

TQ aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES H. WHITING, of Flint, in the county of Genesee and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Im provements in \Vagons; and I do hereby de clare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of what are ordinarilytermed farm or lnmber wagons, by means of which many of the features of the ordinary wagon are retained, while all the objects to be derived from the shoulderdraft upon the axle are obtained.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the parts and their combination, all as morefully hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section.

In the drawings, A represents the axle, B the l ingbolt,-G the reach, and D the thinlble-skein or boxes, all of the usual construc tion.

E are the hounds, which are bent in the form shown in Fig. 1 in rear of the axle from one piece. The side parts, F, of these hounds are secured to the axle, and between the axle and the wooden sand-board G, near the shoulders of the axle, and from the front of the axle bend on curved lines toward each other and toward a common center, as shown at a, and thence are bent directly forward parallel to each other, as shown at I), forming thereby an elongated bearing upon each side ot'the tongue H, which is pivotally secured between such parallel ends b by means of the bolt 0. These parallel front ends of the hounds must be sufficiently long to afford a firm bearing, such as, has heretofore been had in tongues directly secured to the hounds by hounds or braces upon the rear end of the tongue itself.

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in said tongue, and thereby allows the tongue to slide backward or forward as you raise or lower it.

K is the ham mer-strap, the rear end ofwhich is pivotally secured by means of a bolt to the rear end of the sleeve or slide J, and the bolt L forms the means for attaching tl'lcevener to the pole.

I am aware of the Patents No. 33,355 and No. 322,788, and make no claim to the constructions shown therein as forming part of my invention.

I deem it important that the bounds E be formed of a single piece, as shown, as hounds so formed are more durable than those in which the ends back of the axle are joined by a crossbar.

hat I claim as my invention is- In a wagon, the axle A, reach 0, sand-board G, and king-bolt B, passing through said axle, reach, and sand-board, in combination with the tongue H, having elongated slot It, the hounds E, terminating in parallel ends Z), embracing said tongue, bolt 0, passed through said ends and slot, draw-bars I, slide J, clips (I, hammer-strap K, and bolt L, all constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as described.

JAMES H. WHITING.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, CHARLES J. HUNT. 

